Subject: HP 9000/720 update 2 : 2nd OpenBSD try
To: None <port-hp700@netbsd.org>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
List: port-hp700
Date: 12/16/2002 00:29:52
Hiya folks,

I followed David's advice and tried the latest OpenBSD's boot.lif file but 
still no luck :( it crashes at the same place. The 32 Mb i have is the only 
memory i have for this machine so other memory configurations are not 
possible too.

The kernel breaks at the same place as the older kernel : mbattach+0xcc 
with R19 this time 0xfff80001 and r20 0xfffc0000. Its a DTLB miss trap 
again, code=0xfffc0020, instruction : stw %r19, R'20(%r20)

.... pitty... i had hoped it would boot :-/ The bootfile i tried contained 
the OpenBSD 3.2-current (SHEPHERD_PIE) #741.

Hope this sheds some light. Wierd is though that OpenBSD/hppa claims to
support my Cobra but there might be something different in this machine?  
the memory configuration ?? how to tell? AFAIK i do have the 32 Mb in the
machine.... I've rebooted it again and it tells me 32 Mb configured and
tested. It tells me the page size is 4kb and the real memeory is also 32Mb.

so i am a bit puzzled. It doesn't tell me in what configuration the memory 
is in though.

I've tried the newest NetBSD kernel as Matt distributed but no luck ... it 
stops even before the state of printing out that its NetBSD.... i.e. after 
the ELF symbol table.

There is a compiler on the machine but its either a bit shabby but 
definitally not capable of compiling X stuff and not ANSI. Its a c89 
compiler for HP-UX release 8.05

If anyone can give me hints on how the memory is structured or can give me
a small program/kernel for it to test it for i'd be most gratefull.

Is there any chance for Matt F. to share his work till now? or does he have 
a seperate CVS tree for this?

Thanks in advance,
Reinoud